The Latest: US officials consider death penalty for suspect UPDATED 7:48PM – EL PASO, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department is seriously weighing federal hate crime charges against the El Paso shooting suspect that would carry the potential for a sentence of the death penalty. That’s according to a person familiar with the department’s decision…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A day after Dallas City Councilman Adam Bazaldua called for State Troopers to leave South Dallas, newly elected Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson chimed in on the involvement of city leaders with the Police Department. “I don’t think politicians should be making policy with respect to public safety, primarily,” said Mayor Johnson. “Because…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Recently released Police body-cam footage is bringing hope to the family of a man who died in Dallas Police custody. Tony Timpa died in August of 2016 after being pinned to ground by a Dallas Police Officer for more than 14 minutes. Body cam video captured other Officers laughing and making jokes…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump says his pick for national intelligence director has decided to withdraw from the running, citing unfair media coverage. In a tweet Friday, Trump said Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas had decided to stay in Congress. Questions about Ratcliffe’s experience have dogged him since Trump announced his candidacy five…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) – An administrative judge has recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. The judge’s findings in the disciplinary case of Officer Daniel Pantaleo were provided Friday to his lawyer and the city agency that acted as a prosecutor at…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding a still-healthy 164,000 jobs to an economy that appears poised to extend its decade-plus expansion. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate stayed at 3.7% for a second straight month. Average hourly earnings increased 3.2% from a year ago, up from annual gains of…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) — It was this day 34 years ago when Delta flight 191 crashed at DFW Airport, leaving more than 130 people dead. Russ Vandeveerdonk was on the tarmac when the crash happened and said it left a major impact on his life. “I still think about it when I drive by there,”…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a coalition of 13 other states, and the District of Columbia, in challenging the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, the 3rd and 4th largest providers of mobile wireless telecommunications services in the United States. Paxton says if the merger, is consummated, it would result…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas Republicans are facing an internal scandal that could threaten their ability to hold off Democratic gains in the state Legislature in the critical 2020 elections. The upheaval involves an alleged hit list of political opponents, a promise of access, denials and suspicions of a setup. A hardline conservative activist claims…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s only black Republican —Rep. Will Hurd — on Thursday became the latest GOP lawmaker to say he won’t seek re-election next year, jolting the party’s efforts to appeal to minority voters and wounding its already uphill chances of regaining House control. Hurd, a moderate Texan who’s clashed with President Donald…… MORE
